If this guy was Muslim, you can bet the farm this story would have lead the nightly news on FOX, but he isn't - he's a white middle-age yahoo.
THE LATEST: MAN APPEARS IN COURT IN AIPORT EXPLOSIVE CASE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, OCT. 10, 2017, 1:09 P.M. E.D.T.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on a man accused of leaving an explosive device at a North Carolina airport (all times local):
1:10 p.m.
A man accused of leaving an explosive device at a North Carolina airport has been assigned a defense attorney at an initial court appearance.
The federal court docket says that Michael Christopher Estes was advised of his rights and charges by a federal magistrate judge Tuesday. He's accused of attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosives at an airport.
Authorities found the Mason jar filled with explosive chemicals Friday at the Asheville airport and rendered it safe. Estes was arrested the next day.
A federal public defender assigned to the case, Fredilyn Sison, didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
09:45 a.m.
Federal agents have accused a man of planting a mason jar filled with explosive chemicals and nails at a western North Carolina airport last week.
Court documents released Tuesday accuse Michael Christopher Estes of attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosives at an airport.
The criminal complaint written by an FBI agent says investigators found a mason jar containing ammonium nitrate, nails and a shotgun cartridge Friday at the Asheville airport. Authorities rendered the device safe after it was left near a terminal entrance.
Estes was arrested Saturday, and the complaint says he admitted leaving the explosive at the airport. He was being held Tuesday at the Buncombe County jail. An FBI spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a message asking if Estes had a lawyer. -NY TIMES, October 10, 2017
Man suspected of planting airport bomb 'wanted to start a war on US soil'
A man suspected of planting a bomb at an airport in North Carolina was preparing to “fight a war on US soil”, the FBI has said. Michael Christopher Estes was arrested after an unexploded device was found at Asheville Regional Airport on Friday morning. The FBI’s criminal complaint states that Mr Estes admitted planting the bomb, which tests revealed contained Ammonium Nitrate, an explosive often used in terrorist attacks. Sterno, a form of jellied alcohol, was used as the fuel source, Mr Estes used a rigged an alarm clock, set for 6am, to strike matches that would have set it alight, the complaint states.
The 46-year-old told investigators he bought materials from a Walmart supermarket and admitted putting nails in the device.
Airport security discovered the bomb after a sniffer dog approached the device and “signalled the presence of an explosive material”. Video footage captured Mr Estes walking into the airport in the early hours of 6 October, wearing black clothing, a black baseball cap and carrying a bag.
He was later seen leaving the airport without the bag. After an airport worker reported seeing a man walk out of a woods across the street and into the airport, authorities searching among the trees found a rucksack that has been bought using a membership number assigned to Mr Estes.
He was arrested the following day.
Mr Estes has been charged with attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosive materials in an airport. He told investigators that “he did not actually set the alarm clock” that would have triggered the explosion. It is unclear why.
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